Hillel the Elder

“The more Torah, the more life; the more study, the more wisdom.”

“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?”

“That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn.”

“In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man.”

“Do not separate yourself from the community.”

“He who does not increase his knowledge, decreases it.”

“Do not judge your fellow until you have reached his place.”

“Say not 'when I have leisure I will study'; perhaps you will have no leisure.”

“An empty-headed person cannot be a sin-fearing person, nor can an ignorant person be pious.”

“The more flesh, the more worms; the more possessions, the more worry.”

“Do not trust in yourself until the day you die.”

“Whoever seeks a name, loses his name.”

“My humiliation is my exaltation; my exaltation is my humiliation.”

“A shy person cannot learn, nor can a quick-tempered person teach.”

“He who has acquired a good name has acquired it for himself; he who has acquired for himself words of Torah has acquired for himself life in the world to come.”